Homework can be a major source of conflict between children and parents. Some children are avoiders, some procastinators, some fail to bring their work home and some do as little as possible. Some do it too fast and carelessly and some take too long. Frequent battles over homework are harmful to healthy family life. Homework serves two purposes: to provide opportunities to practice and improve skills to teach responsibility, self discipline, independence, perseverance […]
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The following was sent to me by a friend and I do not know where it originated. Questions were asked to young children and their answers are delightful. 1. Why did God make moms? To help us out of there when we were born. 2. How did God make mothers? God made my mom just the same like He made me. He just used bigger parts. 3. What ingredients are mothers made of? […]
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I will be presenting a 3 hour workshop entitled “A Parent’s Guide to the Teenage Brain” at the Woodstock campus of Fanshawe College on Oct 21, 2013 (6:30-9:30) “A teenager’s brain is not just an adult brain with fewer kilometres on it. It is a brain that has not fully developed. It is a work in progress and has confused parents for centuries. Modern science is now explaining biological reasons : […]
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If a child doesn’t know how to read: – we teach. If a child doesn’t know how to swim: – we teach. If a child doesn’t know how to multiply: – we teach. If a child doesn’t know how to behave: – we punish. There is something wrong with this picture! Rick Harper of Behavioural Management Systems has been helping parents find the right balance between “teaching” and “punishment” for over […]
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I frequently receive phone calls from parents who tell me their child will not go to sleep. Typically these are parents of children under 4 years old who tell me their child does not fall asleep readily at night and/or wakes repeatedly during the night. The parents are tired, frustrated and often angry. Their own relationship has become tense and they are wondering whether there is something wrong with their child […]
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